Music
Fort Nightly, White Rabbits - Brooklyn's own, ragged and rollicking. Other than the fact that I play Biggie's "Juicy" every other morning before going to work, this has been my favorite record of the summer.
Absolutely the Best, Ike & Tina Turner
Woke on a Whaleheart, Bill Callahan
Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga, Spoon
Number 1s, Elton John
Number 1s, Diana Ross & the Supremes
Movies
Rescue Dawn
Ratatouille
Books
Play it as it Lays, Joan Didion
The Insanity Defense, Woody Allen
In Persuasion Nation, George Saunders
Sure Signs, Ted Kooser
Food & Drink
The Good Fork, Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY
Capone's, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY - a decent place to drink
Silenth, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY - excellent Vietnamese sandwiches
Misc.
Sonic Youth at McCarren Pool Park
The Boredoms at Empire State Ferry landing
The Miracle Mile in Chicago (and the buildings there, in general)
BBC's Planet Earth on DVD
Fort Nightly, White Rabbits - Brooklyn's own, ragged and rollicking. Other than the fact that I play Biggie's "Juicy" every other morning before going to work, this has been my favorite record of the summer.
Absolutely the Best, Ike & Tina Turner
Woke on a Whaleheart, Bill Callahan
Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga, Spoon
Number 1s, Elton John
Number 1s, Diana Ross & the Supremes
Movies
Rescue Dawn
Ratatouille
Books
Play it as it Lays, Joan Didion
The Insanity Defense, Woody Allen
In Persuasion Nation, George Saunders
Sure Signs, Ted Kooser
Food & Drink
The Good Fork, Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY
Capone's, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY - a decent place to drink
Silenth, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY - excellent Vietnamese sandwiches
Misc.
Sonic Youth at McCarren Pool Park
The Boredoms at Empire State Ferry landing
The Miracle Mile in Chicago (and the buildings there, in general)
BBC's Planet Earth on DVD
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